"Thanks to the CASE Summer Internship Fund (SIF), which helped make this summer financially feasible, I got confirmation that I want to continue to pursue a global health career when I graduate and was provided with so many opportunities to grow both professionally and personally." - Duke MBA Student Colby Warner
This summary provided by SEAD Student Assistant Lizzy Knippler, Duke '16.
This summer, Colby Warner, a second year Duke MBA student, worked with the International Partnership for Innovative Health Care (IPIHD) and SEAD Innovator Changamka with support from the CASE Summer Internship Fund. Colby spent six weeks in Nairobi working at Changamka, and another six weeks working in Durham at the IPIHD offices. Colby used her past experience in IT consulting to advise Changamka, a Kenyan health financing company, on developing an effective methodology for assessing key performance indicators.
Colby's project plan included "establishing a data analytics framework for each of Changamka's three insurance products, in order to provide a standardized methodology to monitor successes, identify potential areas of concern and demonstrate impact to potential donors and funders." Her work also involved writing a case study and developing marketing materials to explain how Changamka partnered with large corporations to scale nationwide in Kenya.
Says Colby about her experience, "As someone who had a narrowly focused career before coming to Fuqua, I found this summer experience to be invaluable... I am so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and got the chance to live outside of the United States, create friendships with people working on amazing initiatives and take advantage of everything Kenya has to offer."
Colby's project plan included "establishing a data analytics framework for each of Changamka's three insurance products, in order to provide a standardized methodology to monitor successes, identify potential areas of concern and demonstrate impact to potential donors and funders." Her work also involved writing a case study and developing marketing materials to explain how Changamka partnered with large corporations to scale nationwide in Kenya.
Says Colby about her experience, "As someone who had a narrowly focused career before coming to Fuqua, I found this summer experience to be invaluable... I am so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and got the chance to live outside of the United States, create friendships with people working on amazing initiatives and take advantage of everything Kenya has to offer."
"The Summer Internship Fund (SIF) enables first year Duke MBA-Daytime students to learn about the rewards and challenges of social sector management without making a significant financial sacrifice. In addition, the program enables organizations that otherwise could not afford to hire MBA student interns to benefit from students’ expertise. The SIF has supported more nearly 150 students, distributed approximately $430,000, and helped to further the mission of many nonprofit and government organizations."
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